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The "hard-right" is normally bored teenage boys that are trolling for laughs and don't actually believe any of this stuff.

There is a meme online currently that says "My political opinions are based on who I am trolling".

As for Pepe being a far-right meme. It never has been one. That was misinformation to stir up a moral panic and push for censorship.

The Pepe has also been used by Hong Kong protesters, (IIRC) the yellow vest protesters in france and loads of other pro-democracy freedom groups outside of the west.

e.g.

https://www.ynetnews.com/PicServer5/2019/10/03/9521875/95218...

If "mainstream" news organisation cannot be trusted. People will go elsewhere in search of the "truth".

I am in the UK and I cannot trust any of the outlets at all. They lie by omission in many cases or simply do not cover it.

e.g. We've had massive anti-lockdown / vaccine passport protests in most of the cities in the UK this weekend. There are protests in France from what I understand around vaccine passports / health pass as well.

Not a mention of it at all on the BBC. Instead I find out about it via "Right Said Fred"'s twitter account. Who are "Right Said Fred"? A 90s one hit wonder band.

Sorry I don't care how long they have been in business. Generally, "You are as good as your last performance."

The New York Times (along with many other news outlets) has been known in recent years to be biased and untrustworthy to anyone that has been paying attention.

So while it is nice they have been around since the mid-19th century they should not be bestowed trust just because in the past they have may have had good reporting.